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World TB Day 2013

Stop TB in My Lifetime

WHO/H.M. Dias

World TB Day, on 24 March, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and control efforts.

Progress towards global targets for reductions in TB cases and deaths in recent years has been impressive: TB mortality has fallen over 40% worldwide since 1990, and incidence is declining. New TB tools such as rapid diagnostics are helping transform response to the disease. Further progress will be dependent on addressing criticial funding gaps.